A debut of extraordinary distinction: through the life of her unforgettable heroine, Hattie Shepherd, the author tells the story of the children of the Great Migration, a story of bitterness and love and the promise of a new North, built on the backs of Hattie's children. In 1923, seventeen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia for Philadelphia, where, though her first two babies die because she can't afford medicine, she keeps nine children alive with old southern remedies and sheer love. Saddled with a husband who will bring her nothing but disappointment, she prepares her children for a world she knows will not be kind to them. Their trials are the trials on which the history of America was forged, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, and a force stronger than love or trouble, the determination to get by and get through. A searing portrait of an unforgettable family, an emotionally transfixing drama of human striving in the face of insurmountable adversity, and a ferocious vision of humanity at its most threadbare and elemental, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie introduces a writer of the very first order.
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Ayana Mathis
AYANA MATHIS formou-se pelo Iowa Writer’s Workshop e recebeu a Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. As doze tribos de Hattie, seu primeiro romance, tornou-se best-seller do The New York Times, foi eleito pelo jornal um dos melhores livros de 2013 e selecionado pela apresentadora Oprah Winfrey para o Oprah Book Club 2.0, a nova versão de seu famoso clube do livro. Ayana ministrou a disciplina de escrita de ficção como professora-visitante no Iowa Writer’s Workshop e integra o corpo docente do mestrado em escrita criativa da Writer’s Foundry. A autora mora e trabalha no Brooklyn, em Nova York.
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